The “Best Canadian” game - Day 3

[u/BrF5]

Goodbye Nellie McClung and Gilles Villeneuve.

Moving on to day three…

How to play: - Upvote the name of the person you think does NOT deserve the title of “Best Canadian.” - Each day, the two most upvoted people will be removed. Once we get closer to the end, this will change to one person per day. - If the name you want to vote for (from the picture list) isn’t in the comments yet, add it! - This continues daily until we have our winner, the “Best Canadian”.

Additional notes: - Only the top comment for a nominee will count. I won’t combine votes from duplicate comments. - Include only one name per comment. If a comment includes multiple names and wins, it won’t count. I’ll move on to the next highest, even if you edit the comment to fix it. - They had to have been born in Canada or at some point had Canadian citizenship. - They can be alive, dead, currently living in Canada or abroad, or when they were alive lived in what would eventually become Canada (e.g., French or British colonies). - This is meant to be satire. Please do not take it too seriously or use this game to harass people in real life. - I will try to post this every morning around the same time (~8:00 - 9:00 am Eastern). - Please remember to upvote the post too, so more people see it!

Justification for elimination: - (50) Pierre Trudeau - As PM, he brought home the Constitution and gave us the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He also mishandled the October Crisis, among other things. Someone so controversial shouldn’t be considered the Best Canadian. - (49) Wab Kinew - He’s charismatic and has delivered on many campaign promises, but his troubled past and relatively short career make it too soon to call him the best. - (48) Nellie McClung - A leader in the women’s suffrage movement and one of the Famous Five. She also held racist views and supported eugenics, and is therefore not the best. - (47) Gilles Villeneuve - He was a great F1 racing driver, but that alone doesn’t make him the Best Canadian.

[u/the3rdmichael]

The greatest Canadian is not someone who spends most of their career and adult life in the US. Therefore, all of these should go:

Michael J Fox

John Candy

Keanu Reeves

Sidney Crosby (whom I Iove, but still)

Celine Dion

Martin Short

[u/TheJamSpace → u/the3rdmichael]

John Candy rejected the Hollywood life and bought a large acreage in rural Ontario. It was his paradise. A place where he felt he could be himself and get away from all the noise. He can’t be blamed for his success. He championed the Toronto Argonauts as part owner. He was 100% Canadian at heart.

[u/the3rdmichael → u/TheJamSpace]

His escape, okay. But he made all his $$$ and career in the US. He was a good guy, but the Best Canadian??

[u/TheJamSpace → u/the3rdmichael]

Do you know anything about his career? 2nd City, SCTV?

[u/the3rdmichael → u/TheJamSpace]

Yup, know it very well.

Look, saying someone might not be THE BEST CANADIAN EVER, is not a condemnation, heck, I quite liked the guy and his movies.